CONGREGATIONAL NURSE PREPARATION COURSE

 June 15-20, 2008
An Interfaith Educational Opportunity
For Registered Nurses Faith Community Nursing….whole person health

Presented by: Congregational Health Ministry of Gwinnett Medical Center & Georgia Baptist College  Of  Nursing of  Mercer University

Faith Community Nursing….whole person health.

Come learn how to use your professional nursing knowledge and skills to deliver whole person health… mind, body and spirit… in a faith community setting.

Healthcare with a higher purpose.

Parish Nursing / Congregational Nursing is making a meaningful difference in the lives of members of congregations and their surrounding communities.

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• Registered Nurse with current license.

• Commitment to physical, spiritual, mental and emotional health.

• Active involvement in local congregation.

• Commitment to completion of program.

• Commitment to use course info in service to the faith community.

The student will receive a certificate of completion during a Service of Dedication. (All sessions must be completed to receive the GNA contact hours.)

To prepare Registered Nurses to function as Parish Nurses/ Faith Community Nurses within a Congregational Health Ministry.

Ignatius House, in a suburb of Atlanta, is a retreat setting situated on a wooded bluff over the Chattahoochee River. (Directions will be mailed upon receipt of registration. Go to www.ignatiushouse.org  for more details.)

The Congregational Health Ministry of Gwinnett Medical Center has received a grant which will enable us to offer the 2008 course at a significant savings to all participants:
           $325     First 20 to register
           $475     Subsequent registrants
($100 deposit required with registration)
Meals, accommodations, course materials and curriculum are included in the above course fees.

Fill out registration form and return with deposit to:
           Linda Hughes, RN
           Congregational Health Ministry
           100 Medical Center Blvd., Suite 257
Lawrenceville, Georgia 30045
Please make check payable to:
           Gwinnett Hospital System Foundation
           Parish Nurse Fund—memo line
For more info or questions, contact: 
Linda Hughes at 678-312-2423, lghughes@gwinnettmedicalcenter.org

Utilizing the Basic Parish Nurse Preparation curriculum, approved by the International Parish Nurse Resource Center, the Congregational Nurse Preparation Course is a six-day, intensive educational program thatfocuses on the main issues and challenges  facing RN’s who would practice in faith communities. It is a time of learning, worship, personal reflection, spiritual growth and  communal fellowship with other nurses and care giving professionals. This course prepares RN’s to establish and grow Health Ministry within a faith community.

• Theology of Health and Healing

• Roles of Parish Nurse

• Beginning a Health Ministry

• Pastor / Nurse Dynamics

• Spiritual Assessment and Caregiving

• Ministry of Presence

• Family Violence in the Congregation

• Grief and Loss

Gwinnett Medical Center is anapprovedprovider of continuing nursing education by the Georgia Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. An application has been submitted to the Georgia Nurses Association Continuing Education Review Committee for approval of 40 contact hours.